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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnby Mark Twain, Tricia HedgeISBN 0194229769 (0-19-422976-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'Book summary:Who wants to live in a house, wear clean clothes, be good, and go to school every day? Not young Huckleberry Finn, that's for sure. So Huck runs away, and is soon floating down the great Mississippi River on a raft. With him is Jim, a black slave who is also running away. But life is not always easy for the two friends. And there's 300 dollars waiting for anyone who catches poor Jim ... [via]
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The Adventures of Pinocchioby Carlo Collodi, Ann Lawson LucasISBN 0192801503 (0-19-280150-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyerby Mark Twain, Peter StoneleyISBN 0192806823 (0-19-280682-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'Book summary:The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, first published in 1876, is Mark Twain's most popular novel. Its hero is a national icon, celebrated as a distinctively American figure both at home and abroad. As well as being a deft comedy and a powerful celebration of childhood, applauding Tom Sawyer's bold spirit, winsome smile, and inventive solutions to the problems of everyday life, it reflects how Twain was in the process of finding a distinctive voice with which he could express the conflicts he felt about coming of age in America. [via]
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- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: ISBN 0192833898 (0-19-283389-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Adventures of Tom Sawyer: ISBN 0195853334 (0-19-585333-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: ISBN 0192828371 (0-19-282837-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: ISBN 019422936X (0-19-422936-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: ISBN 0195101367 (0-19-510136-7)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: ISBN 0192806823 (0-19-280682-3)
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1876by Mark Twain, Shelley Fisher FishkinISBN 0195114051 (0-19-511405-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderlandby Lewis Carroll, Roger Lancelyn GreenISBN 0192553410 (0-19-255341-0)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'Book summary:That Alice. When she's not traipsing after a rabbit into Wonderland, she's gallivanting off into the topsy-turvy world behind the drawing-room looking glass. In Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll's masterful and zany sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, she makes more eccentric acquaintances, including Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the White Queen, and a somewhat grumpy Humpty Dumpty. Through a giant and elaborate chess game, Alice explores this odd country, where one must eat dry biscuits to quench thirst, and run like the wind to stay in one place. As in life, Alice must stay on her toes to learn the rules of this game. Through the Looking Glass immediately took its rightful place beside its partner on the shelf of eternal classics. And luckily for generations of enraptured children, Carroll was again able to persuade John Tenniel to create the fantastic woodblock engravings that have become so indelibly associated with the Alice stories. For almost 130 years, Alice's curious adventures have amused, perplexed, and delighted readers, young and old. This gorgeous, deluxe boxed set of both volumes contains engravings from Tenniel's original woodblocks that were discovered in a London bank in 1985, and reproduced for the first time here. "'What is the use of a book,' thought Alice, 'without pictures?'" What indeed? (All ages) [via]
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found Thereby Lewis Carroll, Roger Lancelyn Green, John TennielISBN 019283374X (0-19-283374-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There'Book summary:That Alice. When she's not traipsing after a rabbit into Wonderland, she's gallivanting off into the topsy-turvy world behind the drawing-room looking glass. In Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll's masterful and zany sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, she makes more eccentric acquaintances, including Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the White Queen, and a somewhat grumpy Humpty Dumpty. Through a giant and elaborate chess game, Alice explores this odd country, where one must eat dry biscuits to quench thirst, and run like the wind to stay in one place. As in life, Alice must stay on her toes to learn the rules of this game. Through the Looking Glass immediately took its rightful place beside its partner on the shelf of eternal classics. And luckily for generations of enraptured children, Carroll was again able to persuade John Tenniel to create the fantastic woodblock engravings that have become so indelibly associated with the Alice stories. For almost 130 years, Alice's curious adventures have amused, perplexed, and delighted readers, young and old. This gorgeous, deluxe boxed set of both volumes contains engravings from Tenniel's original woodblocks that were discovered in a London bank in 1985, and reproduced for the first time here. "'What is the use of a book,' thought Alice, 'without pictures?'" What indeed? (All ages) [via]
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B Flightby Richard Alexander HoughISBN 024101834X (0-241-01834-X)
Hardcover, H. Hamilton
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The Battle of Bubble & Squeakby Philippa PearceISBN 0233969861 (0-233-96986-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Bevisby Richard Jefferies, Peter HuntISBN 0192822292 (0-19-282229-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Beyond the Burning Landsby John ChristopherISBN 0241020336 (0-241-02033-6)
Hardcover, Hamilton
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The Big Sixby Arthur RansomeISBN 0224606395 (0-224-60639-5)
Hardcover, Random House of Canada Ltd
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Blood Feudby Rosemary SutcliffISBN 0192713922 (0-19-271392-2)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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Bread and Honeyby Ivan Francis SouthallISBN 0207954097 (0-207-95409-7)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Canterbury Talesby Geoffrey Chaucer, David WrightISBN 019283360X (0-19-283360-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Canterbury Tales'Book summary:They set off on an April morning with the rain dripping from the branches. Priests, nuns, tradesmen, men from the city--all pilgrims on the road to Canterbury. To pass the long journey they told each other stories of magic and trickery, of animals with blazing eyes, of people with pants on fire, of love and death and the devil. Geraldine McCaughrean retells The Canterbury Tales for children in a lively and humorous style that captures the original flair of Chaucer himself. She introduces us to the characters who told these tales: the shy, battle-hardened Knight, the Summoner whose breath smells of onions, the Widow of Bath who likes a happy ending. The stories and characters are brought to life by the brush of Victor Ambrus, with pictures of wild chases, exciting battles, and the English countryside. [via]
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- The Canterbury Tales: ISBN 0192741810 (0-19-274181-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Canterbury Tales: ISBN 0192781235 (0-19-278123-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Canterbury Tales: ISBN 0192815970 (0-19-281597-0)
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- The Canterbury Tales: ISBN 0192741810 (0-19-274181-0)
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The Canterbury Talesby Geraldine McCaughrean, Victor G. AmbrusISBN 019278109X (0-19-278109-X)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Canterbury Tales'Book summary:Interest age: 9+ [via]
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Casey, the Utterly Impossible Horseby Anita M. Feagles, Dagmar W. WilsonISBN 0208022392 (0-208-02239-2)
Hardcover, Shoe String Press, Incorporated
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A Child's Garden of Versesby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0192760653 (0-19-276065-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Child's Garden of Verses'Book summary:"The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings."
With this "Happy Thought," Robert Louis Stevenson speaks for all the delights of childhood. But he doesn't stop there. A Child's Garden of Verses, written over a century ago, is filled to the brim with what are usually considered to be the first real poems written for children. This classic volume is an old friend to the generations of readers who were brought up on "I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me/ And what can be the use of him is more than I can see." In this perfectly lovely edition, the gossamer art of Jessie Willcox Smith (who first illustrated Stevenson's poems in the early years of the 20th century) is reproduced in all its charming glory. Black and white drawings throughout and eight full-page, warmly colorful paintings show beautiful, yet pleasantly imperfect children, busy at their daily activities--climbing trees, watching their reflections in a river, or sick in bed with an army of toy soldiers on guard. Place this on the shelf next to Mother Goose, Dr. Seuss, and Peter Rabbit. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Coot Clubby Arthur RansomeISBN 0224606352 (0-224-60635-2)
Hardcover, Random House of Canada Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Coot Club'Book summary:A story of the Norfolk Broads. [via]
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The Coral Islandby Robert M. Ballantyne, Jacqueline S. BrattonISBN 0192826441 (0-19-282644-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Coral Island'Book summary:Throughout his long career as a writer of adventure stories, Robert Michael Ballantyne remained a boy at heart; he was one of the first Victorian writers to identify himself with the young reader's point of view. Girls as well as boys looked forward to his annual Christmas volume, and when he died the boys of Harrow School subscribed to erect a memorial to him. The Coral Island is his best memorial today. Revisiting the potent myth of the castaway, it tells of three young sailors, sole survivors of a wreck, and their discovery of the enchanting beauties of the South Pacific. They learn how to live off their tropical paradise and its coral groves, but then they are swept into adventures with bloodthirsty pirates, before eventually sailing home to England. Ballantyne sold his story outright for less than #100 in 1858; it has never been out of print since. learn to hunt and fish, and to build a shelter. They gather This book is intended for student-teachers, readers of adventure stories, general readers. [via]
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The Cuckoo Treeby Joan AikenISBN 0224005146 (0-224-00514-6)
Hardcover, J. Cape
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The Eagle of the Ninthby Rosemary Sutcliff, C. Walter HodgesISBN 0192710370 (0-19-271037-0)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Flambards in Summerby K.M. Peyton, Victor G. AmbrusISBN 0192713124 (0-19-271312-4)
Hardcover, Oxford U.P.
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Frontier Wolfby Rosemary SutcliffISBN 0192714481 (0-19-271448-1)
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The Giraffe and the Pelly and Meby Roald Dahl, Juvenile Collection (Library of Congress), Quentin BlakeISBN 0224029991 (0-224-02999-1)
Hardcover, Cape
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Go Saddle the Seaby Joan AikenISBN 022401546X (0-224-01546-X)
Hardcover, Cape
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Goldenrodby Jim SlaterISBN 0224016296 (0-224-01629-6)
Hardcover, J. Cape
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Great Northernby Arthur RansomeISBN 0224606425 (0-224-60642-5)
Hardcover, Random House of Canada Ltd
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The Halfmen of Oby Maurice GeeISBN 0195580818 (0-19-558081-8)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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A Harp of Fishbones and Other Storiesby Joan AikenISBN 0224006665 (0-224-00666-5)
Hardcover, Cape
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How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmenby Russell Hoban, Quentin BlakeISBN 0224009990 (0-224-00999-0)
Hardcover, J. Cape
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Hurricaneby Andrew SalkeyISBN 019277087X (0-19-277087-X)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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The Iliadby Homer, Robert FitzgeraldISBN 0192815946 (0-19-281594-6)
Softcover, Oxford University Press
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The Iliadby Richmond Lattimore, HomerISBN 0226469379 (0-226-46937-9)
Hardcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Iliad'Book summary:[via]"Sing, goddess, the anger of Peleus son Achilleus / and its devastation." For sixty years, that's how Homer has begun the Iliad in English, in Richmond Lattimore's faithful translationthe gold standard for generations of students and general readers.
This long-awaited new edition of Lattimore's Iliad is designed to bring the book into the twenty-first centurywhile leaving the poem as firmly rooted in ancient Greece as ever. Lattimore's elegant, fluent verseswith their memorably phrased heroic epithets and remarkable fidelity to the Greekremain unchanged, but classicist Richard Martin has added a wealth of supplementary materials designed to aid new generations of readers. A new introduction sets the poem in the wider context of Greek life, warfare, society, and poetry, while line-by-line notes at the back of the volume offer explanations of unfamiliar terms, information about the Greek gods and heroes, and literary appreciation. A glossary and maps round out the book.
The result is a volume that actively invites readers into Homer's poem, helping them to understand fully the worlds in which he and his heroes livedand thus enabling them to marvel, as so many have for centuries, at Hektor and Ajax, Paris and Helen, and the devastating rage of Achilleus.More editions of The Iliad:
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Iliad of Homerby Barbara Leonie PicardISBN 0192741470 (0-19-274147-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Iliad of Homer'Book summary:"Odysseus and his men put out to sea in twelve ships of fifty oars, their white sails unfurled and their blue-painted prows thrusting through the waves as the wind filled the sails: nigh on sixty men on board each ship. And the heart of every man was happy as he thought how at last, after ten weary years of battle, he would once again see Ithaca, which was his home."
Skillfully retold as clear, unencumbered narratives while retaining the dignity and excitment of Homer's original epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey were critically acclaimed as highly accessible editions for all ages when first published by Oxford in 1952. Now we are proud to reissue them in handsome paperback editions as part of the Oxford Myths and Legends series.
The Iliad describes the last years of the war between the Trojans and the Greeks with tales of heroes, battles, quarrels, and especially of Achilles--the greatest warrior among all the Greeks. The Odyssey continues the story after the fall of Troy, as Odysseus begins his exciting journey home. His voyage to Circe's enchanted island, down to the underworld, to the land of the Sirens, and finally home to patient Penelope remains one of the best adventure stories ever told.
All of the pride, daring, love, and revenge of these two enduring tales is captured in a way that spans ages and levels of familiarity with the works. Adults will find them the perfect complement to the originals for clarification or for pure reading pleasure. Younger children will love hearing the daring adventures read aloud, and young adults will appreciate a text that does not talk down to them, but is clear, understandable, and enjoyable. Joan Kiddell-Monroe's exquisite black and white illustrations blend a contemporary style with the classical and add to the timeless appeal of the stories.
Homer's great epics are brought to life in an immediate and engaging way for every member of the family and for all ages of students of classical literature in these two classic reissues. [via]More editions of Iliad of Homer:
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Iliad of Homerby Ennis Rees, HomerISBN 0195068262 (0-19-506826-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Iliad of Homer'Book summary:This translation of Homer's "Iliad" by the poet and classicist Ennis Rees attempts to be both faithful to the original and accessible to the modern reader. [via]
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Iliad of Homerby Homer, Richmond LattimoreISBN 0226469409 (0-226-46940-9)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Iliad of Homer'Book summary:"The finest translation of Homer ever made into the English language."--William Arrowsmith "Certainly the best modern verse translation."--Gilbert Highet "This magnificent translation of Homer's epic poem . . . will appeal to admirers of Homer and the classics, and the multitude who always wanted to read the great Iliad but never got around to doing so."-- The American Book Collector "Perhaps closer to Homer in every way than any other version made in English."--Peter Green, The New Republic "The feat is decisive that it is reasonable to foresee a century or so in which nobody will try again to put the Iliad in English verse."--Robert Fitzgerald "Each new generation is bound to produce new translations. [Lattimore] has done better with nobility, as well as with accuracy, than any other modern verse translator. In our age we do not often find a fine scholar who is also a genuine poet and who takes the greatest pains over the work of translation."--Hugh Lloyd-Jones, New York Review of Books "Over the long haul Lattimore's translation is more powerful because its effects are more subtle."-- Booklist "Richmond Lattimore is a fine translator of poetry because he has a poetic voice of his own, authentic and unmistakable and yet capable of remarkable range of modulation. His translations make the English reader aware of the poetry."--Moses Hadas, The New York Times [via]
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Joshby Ivan SouthallISBN 0207954313 (0-207-95431-3)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers Australia
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The Jungle Booksby Rudyard Kipling, W.W. RobsonISBN 0192835033 (0-19-283503-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Jungle Books'Book summary:In the jungle of Southern India the Seeonee Wolf-Pack has a new cub. He is not a wolf - he is Mowgli, a human child, but he knows nothing of the world of men. He lives and hunts with his brothers the wolves. Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther are his friends and teachers. And Shere Khan, the man-eating tiger, is his enemy. Kipling's famous story of Mowgli's adventures in the jungle has been loved by young and old for more than a hundred years. [via]
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Kidnappedby Robert Louis Stevenson, Clare West, William RowsellISBN 0194230066 (0-19-423006-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kidnapped'Book summary:The classic adventure story of kidnap, shipwreck, murder and pursuit as young David Balfour tries to claim the inheritance he has been cheated out of. [via]
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Kimby Rudyard Kipling, Alan SandisonISBN 0192835130 (0-19-283513-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kim'Book summary:One of the particular pleasures of reading Kim is the full range of emotion, knowledge, and experience that Rudyard Kipling gives his complex hero. Kim O'Hara, the orphaned son of an Irish soldier stationed in India, is neither innocent nor victimized. Raised by an opium-addicted half-caste woman since his equally dissolute father's death, the boy has grown up in the streets of Lahore:
Though he was burned black as any native; though he spoke the vernacular by preference, and his mother-tongue in a clipped uncertain sing-song; though he consorted on terms of perfect equality with the small boys of the bazar; Kim was white--a poor white of the very poorest.
From his father and the woman who raised him, Kim has come to believe that a great destiny awaits him. The details, however, are a bit fuzzy, consisting as they do of the woman's addled prophecies of "'a great Red Bull on a green field, and the Colonel riding on his tall horse, yes, and'--dropping into English--'nine hundred devils.'"In the meantime, Kim amuses himself with intrigues, executing "commissions by night on the crowded housetops for sleek and shiny young men of fashion." His peculiar heritage as a white child gone native, combined with his "love of the game for its own sake," makes him uniquely suited for a bigger game. And when, at last, the long-awaited colonel comes along, Kim is recruited as a spy in Britain's struggle to maintain its colonial grip on India. Kipling was, first and foremost, a man of his time; born and raised in India in the 19th century, he was a fervid supporter of the Raj. Nevertheless, his portrait of India and its people is remarkably sympathetic. Yes, there is the stereotypical Westernized Indian Babu Huree Chander with his atrocious English, but there is also Kim's friend and mentor, the Afghani horse trader Mahub Ali, and the gentle Tibetan lama with whom Kim travels along the Grand Trunk Road. The humanity of his characters consistently belies Kipling's private prejudices, and raises Kim above the mere ripping good yarn to the level of a timeless classic. --Alix Wilber [via]
The Kingdom Under the Sea and Other Storiesby Joan AikenISBN 0224618822 (0-224-61882-2)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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The Lantern Bearersby Rosemary SutcliffISBN 0192720309 (0-19-272030-9)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Longtime Passingby Hesba Brinsmead-HungerfordISBN 0207122768 (0-207-12276-8)
Hardcover, Angus and Robertson
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Lost Worldby Arthur Conan Doyle, Ian DuncanISBN 0192833529 (0-19-283352-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lost World'Book summary:Forget the Michael Crichton book (and Spielberg movie) that copied the title. This is the original: the terror-adventure tale of The Lost World. Writing not long after dinosaurs first invaded the popular imagination, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle spins a yarn about an expedition of two scientists, a big-game hunter, and a journalist (the narrator) to a volcanic plateau high over the vast Amazon rain forest. The bickering of the professors (a type Doyle knew well from his medical training) serves as witty contrast to the wonders of flora and fauna they encounter, building toward a dramatic moonlit chase scene with a Tyrannosaurus Rex. And the character of Professor George E. Challenger is second only to Sherlock Holmes in the outrageous force of his personality: he's a big man with an even bigger ego, and if you can grit your teeth through his racist behavior toward Native Americans, he's a lot of fun. [via]
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The Lost Worldby Pauline FrancisISBN 023752404X (0-237-52404-X)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square Books
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The Magic Puddingby Norman LindsayISBN 0207183554 (0-207-18355-4)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Magic Pudding'Book summary:Sam Sawnoff, Bunyip Bluegum and Bill Barnacle all try to make a meal of the unusual, vocal magic pudding. But a secret like a magic pudding is hard to keep. The envious eyes of the professional pudding thieves are on the trio and their prize. [via]
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Matildaby Roald Dahl, Juvenile Collection (Library of Congress), Quentin BlakeISBN 0224025724 (0-224-02572-4)
Hardcover, Jonathan Cape
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Matilda'Book summary:Matilda is a little girl who is far too good to be true. At age five-and-a-half she's knocking off double-digit multiplication problems and blitz-reading Dickens. Even more remarkably, her classmates love her even though she's a super-nerd and the teacher's pet. But everything is not perfect in Matilda's world. For starters she has two of the most idiotic, self-centered parents who ever lived. Then there's the large, busty nightmare of a school principal, Mrs. ("The") Trunchbull, a former hammer-throwing champion who flings children at will and is approximately as sympathetic as a bulldozer. Fortunately for Matilda, she has the inner resources to deal with such annoyances: astonishing intelligence, saintly patience, and an innate predilection for revenge.
She warms up with some practical jokes aimed at her hapless parents, but the true test comes when she rallies in defense of her teacher, the sweet Miss Honey, against the diabolical Trunchbull. There is never any doubt that Matilda will carry the day. Even so, this wonderful story is far from predictable--the big surprise comes when Matilda discovers a new, mysterious facet of her mental dexterity. Roald Dahl, while keeping the plot moving imaginatively, also has an unerring ear for emotional truth. The reader cares about Matilda because in addition to all her other gifts, she has real feelings. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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Mice and Mendelsonby Joan AikenISBN 0224016156 (0-224-01615-6)
Hardcover, J. Cape
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Midnight Is a Placeby Joan AikenISBN 0224009680 (0-224-00968-0)
Hardcover, Cape
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Missee Leeby Arthur RansomeISBN 0224606409 (0-224-60640-9)
Hardcover, Random House of Canada Ltd
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Moonfleetby Brian Alderson, John Meade FalknerISBN 0192826174 (0-19-282617-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Necklace of Raindropsby Joan AikenISBN 0224614622 (0-224-61462-2)
Hardcover, Cape
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Oliver Twistby Charles Dickens, Kathleen Mary Tillotson, Stephen Charles Gill, Charles DickencISBN 0192833391 (0-19-283339-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Oliver Twist'Book summary:"I have thrown my whole heart and soul into Oliver Twist", wrote young Charles Dickens in 1836. After the work was published, Oliver and Mr. Bumble soon became household words. In tracing the boy's story, Dickens made a scathing comment on the inhumanity of the newly enacted Poor Law and startled readers with his convincing picture of the criminal underworld. This edition includes eight plates from Cruikshank's original illustrations. [via]
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Peter Duckby Arthur RansomeISBN 0224606336 (0-224-60633-6)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Picts and Martyrsby Arthur RansomeISBN 0224606417 (0-224-60641-7)
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Pinocchio: Library Editionby Carlo Collodi, Victor G. Ambrus, James RiordanISBN 0192722875 (0-19-272287-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pinocchio: Library Edition'Book summary:Pinocchio is up to mischief from the day his father, Geppetto, first carves him out a piece of wood. He refuses to listen to anyone's advice, and because he doesn't, he is tricked and cheated, turned into a donkey, and even swallowed by a whale!
When he tells lies, his nose gets longer and longer. But Pinocchio does try to be good and knows that if he is, he will be granted his dearest wish--to be turned into a real little boy. But can Pinocchio keep out of trouble for that long...?
In this new version of Carlo Collodi's classic tale, freshly translated from the Italian, James Riordan has taken the original, serialized story and retold it in longer sections, a new approach which gives the book an exciting pace and fluency. The illustrations are by the distinguished artist Victor G. Ambrus. His lively pictures, in color and black-and-white, bring out the humor and character of the story. [via]More editions of Pinocchio: Library Edition:
The Priests of Ferrisby Maurice GeeISBN 0195581121 (0-19-558112-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Pushcart Warby Jean Merrill, Ronni SolbertISBN 0201093138 (0-201-09313-8)
Hardcover, Harper & Row
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Ravensgillby William MayneISBN 0241017467 (0-241-01746-7)
Hardcover, Hamilton
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Rhyme Stewby Dahl, Quentin BlakeISBN 0224026607 (0-224-02660-7)
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The Second Jungle Bookby Rudyard Kipling, W.W. RobsonISBN 0192816551 (0-19-281655-1)
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Secret Waterby Arthur RansomeISBN 0224606387 (0-224-60638-7)
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A Small Pinch of Weather, and Other Storiesby Joan AikenISBN 0224616269 (0-224-61626-9)
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The Spring on the Mountainby Judy AllenISBN 0224008617 (0-224-00861-7)
Hardcover, Cape
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Swallowdaleby Arthur RansomeISBN 0224606328 (0-224-60632-8)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Swallowdale'Book summary:The second title in Arthur Ransomes classic series for children, for grownups, for anyone captivated by the world of adventure and imagination. Swallowdale (originally published in 1931) follows the Walker family and friends through a shipwreck, a camp on the mainland, a secret valley and cave, and a trek through the mountains. Swallows and Amazons Forever! The story is crowded with useful hints on sailing and camping; is exciting but not sensational, funny but never ludicrous; in fact it is a perfect book for children of all ages, and better reading for the rest of us than are most novels. Times Literary Supplement Anyone over seven and under seventy who loves the real country will enjoy the book, and it is an excellent read-aloud book for various ages. The Boston Transcript [via]
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Swallows And Amazonsby Arthur RansomeISBN 022460631X (0-224-60631-X)
Hardcover, Random House of Canada Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Swallows And Amazons'Book summary:The first title in Arthur Ransomes classic series, originally published in 1930: for children, for grownups, for anyone captivated by the world of adventure and imagination. Swallows and Amazons introduces the lovable Walker family, the camp on Wild Cat Island, the able-bodied catboat Swallow, and the two intrepid Amazons, Nancy and Peggy Blackett. The author really does know how to write for children: in other words, he writes of what he himself delights in and so pleases without any effort both young and old. The Nation This book is both silvery present and golden retrospect. All that is tedious and sullen and deceptive vanishes in its sunniness as clouds vanish in the tempered air of a summer day.... We think that the book will last, too, from edition unto edition. Saturday Review [via]
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Tale of a One Way Streetby Joan AikenISBN 0224011588 (0-224-01158-8)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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A Tale of Two Citiesby Charles Dickens, Andrew SandersISBN 0192833901 (0-19-283390-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Tale of Two Cities'Book summary:Dickens' second historical novel, which he considered "the best story I have written," provides a highly-charged examination of human suffering and human sacrifice. Private experience and public history paralled one another as the political activities and personal responsibilities of these fictional characters, during the French Revolution, draw them into the Paris of the Terror. [via]
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The Tasks of Tantalonby Steve JacksonISBN 0192797921 (0-19-279792-1)
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Tom Brown's Schooldaysby Thomas Hughes, Arthur Hughes, Andrew SandersISBN 0192835351 (0-19-283535-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tom Brown's Schooldays'Book summary:A classic of Victorian literature, and one of the earliest books written specifically for boys, Tom Brown's Schooldays has long had an influence well beyond the middle-class, public school world that it describes. An active social reformer, Hughes wrote with a freshness, a lack of cant, and a kind, relaxed tolerance which keeps this novel refreshingly distinct from other schoolboy adventures. This edition is the only one available, and comes with the outstanding 1869 illustrations by Arthur Hughes. This book is intended for general, students of Victorian and schoolboy fiction, and at Colleges of Further Education. [via]
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Trillionsby Nicholas FiskISBN 0241020468 (0-241-02046-8)
Hardcover, Hamilton
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The Water Babiesby Charles Kingsley, Brian AldersonISBN 0192822381 (0-19-282238-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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We Didn't Mean to Go to Seaby Arthur RansomeISBN 0224021230 (0-224-02123-0)
Hardcover, Random House of Canada Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea'Book summary:'Now Susan,' Mother said, 'And you too, John. No night sailing...No going outside the harbour...And back the day after tomorrow...Promise.' But promises can't always be kept. Within twenty-four hours John, Susan, Titty and Roger find themselves fighting a night gale in the treacherous waters of the North Sea, adrift and in the main shipping lanes. Suddenly, it's real adventure and only their sailing skills can help them now... [via]
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The Whispering Mountainby Joan AikenISBN 0224615742 (0-224-61574-2)
Hardcover, Cape
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Who Sir? Me, Sir?by K.M. PeytonISBN 0192714708 (0-19-271470-8)
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The Wind in the Willowsby Kenneth GrahameISBN 0192835157 (0-19-283515-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wind in the Willows'Book summary:Inspired by correspondence from Wind in the Willow's author Kenneth Grahame to his young son, award-winning illustrator Michael Foreman took up paint and brush to follow Mole, Ratty, Mr. Badger, and Toad through another edition of this well-loved kids classic.
Grahame's time-honored story, an adventure-filled idyll that meanders across a lovingly described English countryside, cemented its status as a masterpiece generations ago. But this newest edition adds some noteworthy extras: the unabridged text includes two chapters that don't appear in some modern versions ("The Pipers at the Gates of Dawn" and "Wayfarers All"), and the book closes with reproductions of two of Grahame's actual letters to his son Alistair ("My darling Mouse") in 1907, written on ornate, old-timey stationery from two Cornwall hotels and recounting one of Toad's first adventures (which Toad fans will recognize as the train-assisted escape of a certain "washerwoman").
These inclusions alone might merit a new edition, but Foreman's illustrations stand shoulder to shoulder with those of previous Winds artists (among them Ernest Shepard, the original illustrator, and Arthur Rackham, both of whom Foreman modestly stands "in awe" of). The lively, full-color illustrations appear generously throughout the book, as they convincingly capture both the story's small moments (like the washerwoman's weeping, for one) and more explosive events (like the storming of Toad Hall). (All ages) --Paul Hughes [via]
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Winter Holidayby Arthur RansomeISBN 0224606344 (0-224-60634-4)
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The World around the Cornerby Maurice Gee, Gary HebleyISBN 0195580613 (0-19-558061-3)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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Wouldn't You like to Knowby Quentin Blake, Michael RosenISBN 0233969020 (0-233-96902-0)
Hardcover, Deutsch
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